Chapter 17 chapter Five

At the same time, the First Search Division of the Metropolitan Police Department received a report that a body was found in Room 502, Yotsuya Apartment, Yotsuya 3-chome, Tokyo.Totsukawa Police Department has rushed to investigate. This apartment is built between Yotsuya Sanchome and Shinanomachi train station. The deceased was a young man of twenty-five years old. His name is Keisuke Goto, and he is a single company employee who likes to travel. He died in a one-room bedroom.This bedroom is the size of six straw mats. Goto died in his pajamas.He was hit with a heavy object on the back of the head and stabbed with a dagger in the back.Probably because he was suddenly hit on the head by the murderer, and after he was unconscious, the murderer stabbed him in the back and died.

The murder weapon that struck him on the head was quickly found: a thick glass ashtray rolled to the floor, stained with blood.The murder weapon that was stabbed in the back was not found at the scene. Since the indoor air conditioner has been turned off, probably due to the lingering heat of the past few days, the dead body has begun to rot. "I've been dead for at least four days." Forensic doctor Sakaguchi said to Totsukawa. "So he was killed on September 8?" "I think so. If it were an old man, the newspaper reporter would have another job: 'Lonely in the city!'"

"That's right. Neighbors and apartment managers didn't notice the death of the resident. If the company's boss finds out that his subordinates don't come to work for a few days without a reason, it won't be so many days to find the door!" Totsukawa said. Later, Takuya Shintani, the manager of the deceased's supervisor, confirmed that the deceased Keiju Goto asked for leave from September 6th to 8th. "Later, when the day came, I didn't come to work. I couldn't find anyone and I was angry! But when I came today, I found out that he had been killed."

"If you ask for leave until the 8th, then you will not go to work on the 9th for no reason?" "yes." "Why didn't the company come here until today?" Totsukawa asked. Xingu smiled wryly, "He said he asked for leave for a trip. We don't know where he went. We just know that there was a typhoon on the 10th, and he might be trapped somewhere. No one answered the phone, so I waited. It's today." "I really don't know where he went?" Kamei asked from the side. "Yes. Because when employees ask for leave, we generally don't ask about these things in detail." Xin Gu replied.

"How is this person?" Totsukawa asked. "Average. Personality and work are average, but he is still able to do well in the things he decides. He is a person with a modern style and loves life. He just likes to travel, and he often uses paid vacations to travel." "Do you have a lover?" "Ah, how do you say this? Anyway, he likes to travel alone, so he won't have a specific lover?" Xin Gu said. "Does anybody hate him?" When Totsukawa asked, Xingu immediately replied: "No! There will be no such thing!" "why?" "When the company's year-end party is held, he often acts as the convener, so enthusiastic! Of course everyone is happy to have someone do such a thing."

"He likes to help people?" "Yes! It can also be said that curiosity is particularly strong." "If it's too strong, it will be hated by people, right?" Kamei asked. Xingu tilted his head and thought for a while, "Maybe, but it won't kill him!" Probably so.Some people don't want others to intervene in their own affairs, even if there are difficulties, it is not enough to kill him. After Totsukawa explained the judicial autopsy, he asked Nishimoto and Kusaka to go to the K Industry Headquarters where Goto worked.Because maybe there are some things that the section chief doesn't know, but his colleagues will know a lot.

Nishimoto and Kusaka returned three hours later. "I know where Keisuke Goto went from September 6th to 8th, it's Nanki." Nishimoto reported to Totsukawa. "Where is Nanji?" "It is said that he wants to rent a car to go around Shirahama, Kushimoto, and Nachikatsuura. That's what his colleague said." "Did you go?" "Yes. On the night of September 6th, he also called back from Shirahama. He must have gone to Shirahama." "Go alone?" "Seems." "He was killed when he came back?" "I think so."

"Anything else about the Goto situation?" Totsukawa asked. "There is another interesting thing, similar to his love of Zhang Luo, he also likes to investigate things." Sun Xia said. "Why is it similar to Ai Zhangluo?" Kamei asked puzzled. "Some people don't have anything, but some people are disgusted! Newcomers, especially female employees who are new to the company, like to ask questions about this and that, and then seem to pass on what they have learned to colleagues. Don't be disgusted!" "And this thing?" "Sometimes the person being 'investigated' would quarrel with him."

"But this will not lead to murder!" Totsukawa thought for a while and said. When Wu Dao's body was found, his door was locked. It seems that the murderer killed Wu Dao and locked the door before leaving. If you steal something, there is no need to lock the door. It seems that an acquaintance is more likely to commit the crime.Because Goto was wearing pajamas when he died. "But you can't think it was done by someone from the company." Nishimoto said hastily. "why?" "As I said just now, some of the female employees hate him, but they haven't hated him enough to kill him. Some of the male employees are quite disgusted with him, but it seems that there is no financial conflict, so it will not develop. It's time to kill."

"Does he have a lover in the company?" "No. We asked a lot of people, but they all said they hadn't heard of it. Those who play with him are not counted." Kusaka added. The results of the forensic autopsy came out. The time of death was deduced to be between 10:00 and 12:00 on the night of the 8th. Five stab wounds on the back caused massive blood loss and died. The murder weapon was also later found in the apartment's gutter, a 15-inch mountaineering dagger.No fingerprints were detected on the handle.Later, two other daggers were found in Goto's room, but it seems that Goto bought them himself.

"Perhaps the trip from September 6 to 8 was the reason why he was killed." Kamei analyzed. Totsukawa sent two photos of Keisuke Goto to the Wakayama County Police and asked them to investigate whether Goto had been to Nanki from the 6th to the 8th; if he had, was there any clues leading to his murder.